Intro
e |--------------------|------------------| 
B |--------------------|------------------| 
G |--------------------|------------------| 
D |--2-h3--2-h3--2-h3--|--2-h3--2-0-------| 
A |--------------------|-------------3-2--| 
E |--------------------|------------------| 
 
   Am         Dm Dsus2     Am         Dm Dsus2 
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Chorus
Am                AmM7 
Chim - chiminey!  Chim - chiminey! 
Am7                D 
Chim  -chim -che - ree! 
  Dm          Am        B     B7  E7 
A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be, 
Am                AmM7 
Chim - chiminey!  Chim - chiminey! 
Am7               D 
Chim -chim -che - roo! 
     Dm            Am/C         E7                Am 
Good luck will rub off,  when I shakes hands with you, 
   Dm        Am/C        E7           Am  Dm Dsus2  Am  Dm Dsus2 
Or blow me a kiss,...and that's lucky too 
 
Verse 1
Am          AmM7      Am7           D 
Now, as the ladder of life has been strung, 
    Dm          Am             B      B7   E7 
You may think a Sweep's on the bottom most rung, 
       Am          AmM7        Am7       D 
Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke, 
   Dm              Am/C             E7      Am 
In this whole wide world there's no happier bloke 
 
Chorus
Am               AmM7 
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey! 
Am7                D 
Chim  -chim -che - ree! 
  Dm          Am        B     B7  E7 
A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be, 
Am               AmM7 
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey! 
Am7               D 
Chim -chim -che - roo! 
     Dm            Am/C        E7                Am 
Good luck will rub off, when I shakes hands with you 
 
Chorus
Am               AmM7 
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey! 
Am7                D 
Chim  -chim -che - ree! 
  Dm          Am        B     B7  E7 
A sweep is as lucky, as lucky can be, 
Am               AmM7 
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey! 
Am7               D 
Chim -chim -che - roo! 
     Dm            Am/C       E7                Am 
Good luck will rub off when I shakes hands with you 
 
Break
   Dm          Am          E  E7       Am 
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   D          C/E         Bb/F        D/F# 
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Verse 2
Gm          GmM7          Gm7           C 
I choose me bristles with pride, yes, I do, 
  Cm            Gm           A     A7      D7 
A broom for the shaft, and a brush for the flue, 
 
  Gm          GmM7        Gm7          C 
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  C#m         G#m        D#7/A#       G#m 
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Verse 3
G#m          G#mM7        G#m7         C# 
Up where the smoke is all billowed and curled, 
       C#m          G#m           A#      A#7   D#7 
'Tween pavement and stars, is the Chimney Sweep world, 
             G#m       G#mM7     G#m7      C# 
When there's hardly no day,  nor hardly no night, 
        C#m                G#m   Gdim                 G#m 
There's things ...half in shadow,   ...and halfway in light, 
       C#m         G#m     Gdim 
On the rooftops of London, cor, ...what a sight! 
 
Break
e |--------------------|------------------| 
B |--------------------|------------------| 
G |--------------------|------------------| 
D |--2-h3--2-h3--2-h3--|--2-h3--2-0-------| 
A |--------------------|-------------3-2--| 
E |--------------------|------------------| 
 
Chorus
Am               AmM7 
Chim - chiminey! Chim - chiminey! 
Am7                D 
Chim  -chim -che - ree! 
     Dm            Am               B    B7       E7 
When you're with a Sweep, you're in glad compan - y, 
Am         AmM7         Am7     D 
Nowhere is there a more happier crew, 
     A#                Am/C              E7              Am 
Than them what sings, 'Chim -chim -che - ree! Chim -che -roo!' 
Dm               Am                 E7               Am 
Chim - chiminey! Chim  -chim -che - ree! Chim -che - roo!